Bristol was educated in the Mancunian way when legendary guitarist Johnny Marr brought the curtain down on his UK tour.

The Smiths' man took centre stage at the O2 Academy on Thursday night playing tracks from his two solo albums and of course there were renditions of classic songs from the seminal 1980s band.

The capacity crowd were suitably warmed-up by Man Made fronted by the musician's son Nile. Musical talent clearly runs in the genes as the band's set was extremely good and you'd imagine it won't be long before their profile raises.

Carsick Cars is a big indie hit in the making and by the end of their set the audience were in no rush to say goodbye.

You imagine Johnny was looking down from the O2's second-floor dressing rooms beaming with pride.

Judging from his long hair and the golden sparkly jacket he was wearing, Nile, is something of an extrovert which will only serve him well in years to come.

After Man Made took their bow there was an air of excitement in the venue as the crowd waited for Johnny's arrival.

This boiled over into cheers and rousing applause when the star pranced on to the stage rocking double denim.

The audience were on cloud nine when the musician quickly dipped into the Smiths' extensive back catalogue playing Panic.

Yells of the track's chorus 'hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ' echoed all around the O2. The set started incredibly strongly with Easy Money being one of many highlights.

That song is arguably Johnny's biggest solo hit to date and even those who attended predominantly to hear Smiths songs were singing back every word.

Johnny, who had the mod look down to a tee, took off his jacket to reveal an incredibly flowery shirt which of course was buttoned right to the top.

This flamboyant air was never more evident than in Johnny's guitar work with the performer sauntering around the stage easily using the instrument he was born to play in a variety of positions – he even had it over his head at one point.

He was coolness personified with an effortless swagger which saw Johnny regularly walk to the front of the stage to take the adulation of the adoring masses.

The Smiths classic Bigmouth Strikes Again proved very popular and as strange as it was to hear him take Morrissey's place, as the singer, it worked.

Clearly his vocal range is different to the moody performer's but Johnny is easy on the ears nonetheless.

There were a few flowers peering out of Johnny's pocket which presumably was a nod to his former bandmate who would regularly wave flowers while performing on stage.

The best song of the set was a cover, but not of the Smiths track, it was actually Electronic's Getting Away With It.

The group saw Johnny collaborate with New Order's Bernard Sumner and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys in the 1980s and 1990s.

Johnny billed the track as a 'Manchester disco anthem' although the song doesn't evoke those memories for yours truly.

Instead the song brings fond flashbacks of a period in my childhood playing on a Sega Megadrive with my uncles soundtracked by Electronic, New Order and the Smiths blaring in the background.

Johnny did a bit of rebel rousing, perfectly befitting for the venue, through his own songs Generate! Generate! and Upstarts before closing the gig.

The musician delivered a wonderful encore which produced a touching father-son moment when Johnny was joined by Man Made's Nile as the collective did an excellently exuberant rendition of The Primitives' Crash.

The Marrs had a lot of fun bouncing around and trying to outdo each other on their guitars. Johnny just about won that battle.

There is a Light That Never Goes Out closed the tour with Johnny dedicating the performance to the Smiths' former manager Joe Moss who died on Thursday.

Joe deserves so much praise for supporting the greatest guitar player of his generation with Johnny now showing the world he's a rather charismatic frontman too.